how (the fuck) do you cook rice?!?!
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 6:07 pm
Mandroid2.0 wrote:3) Place your fingertips on top of the rice and run water to the first knuckle of your hand. Rather than try to explain this, I found this picture:
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yup, we use the knuckle approach, but i always use a rice cooker, i've never cooked rice on the stove. another alternative to the knuckle system (with the same result) is measure the water from the top of the rice (the very top, don't like dig your pinky finger in there) with the tip of your pinky... water should go half-way up the first third of your pinky (basically where your fingernail begins) -- seems like a funny method but almost everyone's top part of the pinky is the same size--girls and guys, short and tall. doesn't matter how much rice you are cooking either, it always works. this is the method for korean rice though, which is pretty sticky.
oh i love those latch-top rice steamers too (like the picture kerble put up). that's what i use and it's my favorite -- i make rice in the morning and then after its done cooking it keeps the rice warm and edible for up to 48 hours (although 36 is usually my limit), which is good if rice is a main factor in your diet like mine. when i use the regular cookers (like if we're traveling) with the glass top i always put a beer bottle cap over the hole where the steam comes out and then take it off when its finished cooking, but still steaming off--good trick for sticky rice, fyi. if you don't use a bottle cap you get much more piecey rice which is still good and better for stir fry.